Health InformaticsCollege of Professional Studies and Social Sciences Degree MS, Health Informatics For more information contact Joseph Grilli, DPA Program Description The Healthcare Informatics Executive Master’s Program is designed to develop leadership skills for those in mid-career management roles who desire advancement to senior level management positions in health informatics. The program builds on core skills and allows the student to tailor the program to their needs through two avenues: 1. By selection of either a professional master’s track or an academic master’s track; and, 2. By selection of proficiency skills they wish to develop. Program structure/course sequence: Semester 1 (Fall) HCI 500- Informatics for Health Care Leaders- 1 credit HCI 505- The Business of Health Informatics- 3 credits HCI 510- Modeling Health Information- 3 credits Semester 2 (Spring) HCI 520- Healthcare Systems- 3 credits HCI 530- Healthcare Systems Analysis and Design- 3 credits Semester 3 (Summer) HCI 550-Health Informatics Standards and Best Practices- 3 credits HCI 600-Emerging Issues in Health Informatics- 1 credit Semester 4 (Fall) HCI 610- Legal, Ethical, and Public Policy Issues in Health Informatics- 3 credits HCI 650- Health Informatics Proficiencies 1- 3 credits Semester 5 (Spring) HCI 620- Enterprise Information Governance- 3 credits HCI 655- Health Informatics Proficiencies 2- 3 credits HCI 660- Health Information Research- 3 credits Semester 6 (Summer) HCI 640- Executive Health Informatics- 3 credits HCI 665- Health Informatics Thesis- 3 credits HCI 675- Health Informatics Professional Contribution- 3 credits HCI 690- Health Informatics Colloquium- 1 credit
Semester 5 and 6- Capstone, Research and Thesis- 6 credits Health Care Informatics Colloquium- 1 credit |